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VW takes three months to reply. But says nothing.

Posted by sara_a — 25 October 2011 at 12:08pm - Comments
Volkswagen is lobbying against critical environmental laws
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace / Pedro Armestre
Volkswagen is lobbying against critical environmental laws

After three months of our campaign to turn VW away from the Dark Side, millions of views to our campaign film and over 440,000 Jedi emails and phone calls later, Volkswagen have finally responded to us with a letter.

Greenpeace photographer Daniel Beltra wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year award

Posted by jamess — 20 October 2011 at 12:28pm - Comments
Daniel Beltra wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year for this photo
All rights reserved. Credit: Daniel Beltra / Greenpeace
Daniel Beltra wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year for this photo

Today, I have the honour of congratulating Greenpeace photographer Daniel Beltra on becoming the Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Daniel made his winning picture for Greenpeace, of oil-oaked brown pelicans at a temporary bird-rescue facility in Fort Jackson, Louisiana, while documenting the environmental impacts caused by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

Voting now open in our VW film competition!

Posted by Richardg — 17 October 2011 at 4:15pm - Comments
Our international film competition launches on 17 September 2011
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Help us choose the best films - vote now!

Volkswagen claims to be an eco-friendly company, but in reality it's lobbying against the laws we need to stop climate change and make cars more efficient.

Last month, we challenged film makers from around the world to help us expose the real VW. We gave people just two weeks to write, shoot and edit their films, but it didn't stop us getting some truly amazing - and hilarious - entries. 

Head over to the film competition website and vote for your favourites!

The price of oil: Shell in the Niger Delta

Posted by jamess — 7 October 2011 at 3:00pm - Comments
UN confirmed that Shell's oil spills could take 30 years to clean up
All rights reserved. Credit: George Osodi
UN confirmed that Shell's oil spills could take 30 years to clean up

A guest blog from Ben Amunwa, campaigner with oil industry watchdog Platform

This time last year I was standing in a vast pool of oily water. It used to be a fish pond for local villagers, but now everywhere was coated with oil and the stench of petroleum was overpowering. A light rain was falling.

VW film entries are amazing - voting coming soon!

Posted by Richardg — 5 October 2011 at 5:46pm - Comments
Our international film competition launches on 17 September 2011
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We're now closed for entries ... stay tuned, voting opens soon!

After two weeks of frantic film making, the curtain has fallen on the Greenpeace film competition.

I spent a few very pleasant hours yesterday watching all the entries – in many cases, over and over again. I’m amazed by how much hard work has gone into them – and I think you will be too when you see the results.

No oil in the Arctic for Cairn, but hazardous chemicals aplenty


Posted by bex — 29 September 2011 at 10:50am - Comments
The Arctic Sunrise and the Esperanza intercept Cairn Energy's controversial Arct
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Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise and Esperanza intercepting Cairn Energy's controversial Arctic rig

Yesterday brought the news that yet another Cairn well off Greenland - the sixth so far - has come up dry. The Delta-1 well will be plugged and abandoned and Cairn now has to pin its hopes for this year's drilling season on two remaining wells.

VW film competition launched!

Posted by Richardg — 19 September 2011 at 10:52am - Comments
Our international film competition launches on 17 September 2011
by. Credit: Greenpeace
We've launched our film competition, the clock starts now!

As part of our ongoing campaign to turn Volkswagen away from the Dark Side, we've launched a film competition. You've got two weeks to make fake VW adverts which turn its marketing on its head.

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